psgugrad

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I e-mailed OS max today (from their Japanese website, not the US website...) asking if any new gasoline engines were coming soon and he said that a 33cc (2stroke) engine was coming in July. He didn't give any specifics....just that it was a 33cc engine coming in July. YEAH!!!!!

av8tor1977

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Two comments.

OS generally makes very good engines.

They price them as if many of the pieces were made of pure gold.

AV8TOR

w8ye

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Nothing on the Japanese site yet

http://www.os-engines.co.jp/english/index.htm

TimBle

Their 55cc is made of pure  platinum....:/

scooterinvegas

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DLE-55 out sells the gt-55 because it's 59% cheaper and proven to be light, powerfull and reliable.

If the gt-33 is 59% more than the DLE-30, it will cost $510!

I'll pass on anything gas that says OS on it till they get the price in line with the competition.

Kweasel

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I cant afford an OS either, so they're no good. MY cheap engine is better I tell you. I can buy a dozen for the price of one OS. Oh wait that was last decade, I just bought a radial, nevermind.

wyo69cowboy

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I've always liked OS, but agree their prices are high, especially on their 4 strokes. However, the GT55 is the same price as a DA60, albeit maybe not in the same power league. If DA came out with a 30 for $500, you can bet there'd be guys all over it....

the Wasp

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""If DA came out with a 30 for $500, you can bet there'd be guys all over it""

not me,, the MVVS 30 would be just as good if not better for $100 less

Jim

stangevil29

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I wouldnt pay $500 for a 30cc size DA either. I suspect that plenty of DA or nothing folks would buy it but, as Wasp stated a few other choices in the 30cc area MVVS and DLE seem to be holding their own and doing pretty well. Not to mention can be had for just over $300. Back to the OP, I too have always loved my OS glow's but, yes for a 30cc gasser to take off they would have to price it in line with the other 30cc engines to make a big dent. I have yet to see a single plane at the field with the OS 55cc'r on it. A big part of it is probably due to the fact that DA is right here in Tucson and the fact that once again, other choices that have had a good track record can be had for far less. just my .02.

Truckracer

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With OS GT-55 parts prices such as the following, I won't be buying one anytime soon! Examples: Ignition for $280, Ignition sensor for $55, piston ring for $22 and get this, the fancy carb for $155 .... OUCH if you should ever break one!

scooterinvegas

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DA 30cc gasser? I would pay $429 MAX.

TimBle

you're generous...

wyo69cowboy

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hmmm...sounds similar in price to another US made 30cc engine. LOL, if OS wants to be competitive (and sell more than a couple engines) in the 30cc market, $429 would be max. Our club has two members with Funtana 125's; one with a DLE 30, and one with a Syssa 30. Both are great engines. Would say the DLE has a little more "grunt" for bigger props, but on that size plane, both engines are fantastic! I would buy either of those engines; the Syssa seems a little higher until you take into account it already has a "Pitts" style muffler, which is helpful in not butchering a cowl in a 30cc size plane...

scooterinvegas

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I think that's fair for an US or Japan made engine. And only if the OS is made in japan and NOT China.......... And comes un-radiated.

g_mkoch

Tower shows $419.99
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LNBCKA&P=G

captinjohn

I took a photo of this new engine at theToledo Expo. Capt,n

gkamysz

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Google also turned up references to a GT60, GT-60FI fuel injected, and GT-23 all due this year. I thought OS was 5 years slow to get on the gasser game, but they are full on now.

NM2K

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OS doesn't set their engines' prices in the US. The importer does. Back when World Engines sold the distributorship to the current importer, the prices increased by a third the very next day. I haven't bought nearly as many new OS engines since then. If I do buy one today, it is usually a recently manufactured rendition of an older four-stroke (FS-30 or 40). I'm not paying those ridiculous prices for the Alpha Series.


Ed Cregger

MetallicaJunkie

DLE 30 is all i need in that size class!!!

MetallicaJunkie

lol why couldnt they have made the 55 rear inducted as well... not that i even want one..hehe

wyo69cowboy

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OS sure does make nice looking engines! Wonder what the weight/power will be like...

On that note, why aren't the gas engine manufacturers using aluminum connecting rods, at least in the smaller 20 and 30cc sizes? Just read a review in RC Sport Flyer of RCGF V2 version of their 20cc, and it has a beefy steel connecting rod. I'm sure durability comes into play, but at that displacement, I'd think more would go for the bushed or bearing'ed aluminum rod...

Texastbird

I thought they would hang a pumper carb on the old BGX and call it a gasser.

psgugrad

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rear carb and standoffs? yawn

AraTidwell

Anyone from Toledo have the important number, the WEIGHT?

Truckracer

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You're yawn is my .... Yipeeee! As they say .... different strokes ....